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Bellator 63 Quick Results

March 31, 2012   James Begley (Staff Writer)   No comments
Bellator-63

Season 6 for the Bellator organization is in full swing now, and the 63rd event featured the beginning of this season’s welterweight tournament, as the eight competitors narrow the field down in the four scheduled main card match-ups.

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Open Fighter Tryouts for XFC, Coming Soon

March 28, 2012   MMA Valor   1 Comment
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When you think about the XFC, what comes to mind? If you are a red-blooded American male, chances are the name Marianna Kheyfets will cross your thoughts. Nick Newell, an inspirational story to any MMA fan, is another name that will surely come up. After a successful debut for the XFC in December, MMA fans have watched Newell’s fight at XFC 15 on Youtube over 1.5 million times. While Kheyfets has defeated her last three opponents, since joining the XFC. Both are currently undefeated. Both are now fixtures inside a stacked lineup of some of the most talented fighters in the XFC promotion. But do you know how these two amazing fighters were discovered by the promotion?  Kheyfets and Newell both received a contract by catching the eye of XFC President John Prisco and winning an XFC Open Fighter Tryout.

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Main Event of XFC 16: High Stakes Main Card Live Results

February 10, 2012   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments
XFC 16 High Stakes

With no UFC this weekend, tonight’s XFC will take center stage in Knoxville, Tennessee and on HDNet. XFC 16: High Stakes will be headlined by a lightweight showdown between veterans Drew Fickett and Jamie Varner. Each fight comes in with a lot to prove and event on the line.

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Jamie Varner makes it Look easy at XFC 14

October 22, 2011   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments
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Contemplating retirement after a unanimous decision less than a month ago, former WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner stepped back into the cage at last night’s XFC 14: Resurrection. The devastating loss came at the hands of someone Varner believed he should have easily handled, which prompted Varner to tweet out he was retiring. Not so fast though, Varner was already schedule to fight at XFC 14 against Nate Jolly.

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